Re: If anybody wants to make something in Ada but do not know what

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"Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote:
> 
> Preben Randhol wrote:

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> > Besides spam filters is something
> > people need so it could promote Ada95.
> >
> > Wish I could make it myself, but I simply don't have the time at the
> > moment.
> ...
> > Preben
> 
> I personally believe that as long as email is free (and we like it
> that way), SPAM will continue to be a big problem. To keep email
> free, I think that the only way this will work is we'll end up
> using two forms of email on the Internet:
> 
>    1) Traditional email, which permits unsolicited mail (port 25);
>       which will continually battle with spam filters and such.
>    2) A newer "solicited only" email system (port 26?)
> 
> Perhaps the 2nd kind, can piggy back off of the first, by either
> using a similar but extended protocol, and probably
> using a new TCP/IP port # to avoid the log jam that occurs
> on port 25 as spammers spam away.
> 
> The new email protocol would make use of PKI exchanges (PGP?),
> so that only those people that you have shared certificates
> with, can successfully deposit email in your mailbox (this
> would be great for kids, so that only their friends can
> send them mail etc.). If someone gives away the cert (if the
> protocol allows it), then you revoke it, and issue a new one
> if necessary.
> 
> Where the protocol research comes in (I think), is the method of
> sharing and administering certs in a way that is easy for
> grandmothers to work with.
> 
For the second protocol, <a href="http://www.jabber.org">Jabber</a>
might be just the thing.  The best part about Jabber is the real time
messaging capability, and if I was designing the second protocol, I would
include this functionality.

I don't believe there are any Jabber clients/servers written in Ada, and
I'm not sure how well Jabber uses crypto, but I do know that I still
miss a useful ICQ, and AIM doesn't fill the void (can't do computer to
computer messages in AIM.  They must go through the central server).